QF490Sunstate Airlines · MEL → SYD
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed Sunstate Airlines

QF490 MelbourneMEL · 19:50 SydneySYD · 21:15

QF490 by Sunstate Airlines flies from Melbourne (MEL) to Sydney (SYD) for the Tue, Oct 20 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Sydney · off blocks 20:04 · 14 min late
22:31

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · ~39 min from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
MEL259 mi · ~39 min leftSYD
36,400 ftAltitudeclimbing
531 mphSpeed461 kt
53°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 30 min

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-20
+14 gate · +76 arrival
10-19
+14 gate · −5 arrival
10-18
+0 gate · −3 arrival
10-16
+10 gate · −6 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
MEL→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SYD (Sydney), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Melbourne to Sydney flights today

same route · Sunstate Airlines
QF7228departs 02:26
QF7304departs 03:14
QF404departs 06:15
QF406departs 06:30
QF408departs 06:45
QF1260departs 07:00

If QF490 is cancelled, these are the other Sunstate Airlines nonstop flights from Melbourne to Sydney on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How QF490 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for QF490 across the MEL and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how QF490 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-20MEL 19:50 20:04 (+14)SYD 21:15 22:31 (+76)
10-19MEL 19:50 20:04 (+14)SYD 21:15 21:10 (−5)
10-18MEL 19:50 (+0)SYD 21:15 21:12 (−3)
10-16MEL 19:50 20:00 (+10)SYD 21:15 21:09 (−6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: VH-OGE, VH-VZC, VH-OGF.

Board clocks recorded as MEL and SYD published them.

Planning around QF490? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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